US HB823 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress House Bill 823 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 115-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-02 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a modified American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $2,500 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) allows a lifetime dollar limitation for the credit of $15,000 for all taxable years, and (3) increases the refundable portion of the credit to a maximum of $1,500. The bill allows an exclusion from gross income of any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant.

Title

Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017

Sponsors

Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]